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it thinks we can add $7 truman to our debt -- $7 trillion to our debt. i think governor romney played the american people cheap. i think this problems were clear. >> [indiscernible] we will have a foreign-policy debate. >> i am going to advise the president to be forthright and honest with the american people. [indiscernible] >> folks are struggling to get a good education for their kids. trying to create jobs. can you actually do that? governor romney spoke about all chapter titles and zero chapters. the president said in the debate if his ideas are so good, why will he not share them with the american people? >> it said it would not be surprised if romney came out with a bounce today. [indiscernible] i don't think a whole lot. it certainly did not change the fundamentals of this race. $2 trillion pentagon build up. he has an implausible plan that will punish the middle class in this country and retard growth. >> some of the papers have already put out their editorials for tomorrow's paper based on tonight's debate. this is the tampa bay times from flor
it thinks we can add $7 truman to our debt -- $7 trillion to our debt. i think governor romney played the american people cheap. i think this problems were clear. >> [indiscernible] we will have a foreign-policy debate. >> i am going to advise the president to be forthright and honest with the american people. [indiscernible] >> folks are struggling to get a good education for their kids. trying to create jobs. can you actually do that? governor romney spoke about all chapter...
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employed during harry truman's administration through to ronald reagan's. collecting people imeel ya that offers a -- memorabilia that offers a three dimensional timeline of the presidential families. john f. kennedy jr.'s baby pen. even a burnt wooden post from 1814 when the british set fire to the white house which arrington found at work during the truman reconstruction. >> we found the table in the tar pen ter shop. >> reporter: he also helped with the kennedy renovations and collected items from the first lady herself, including a handwritten thank you note after the death of her son patrick. >> they're real people and they have real lives. a lot of this collection demonstrates that fact as well. >> i'm sure when he was collecting them, he was just -- never thought it would be of great, big value. but today we're reliving part of history. >> reporter: 1,000 things that arrington saved will be auctioned off today. starting bids ranging from $25 to $12,000. just like presidential life, the collection is bittersweet. wedding and inauguration announcements
employed during harry truman's administration through to ronald reagan's. collecting people imeel ya that offers a -- memorabilia that offers a three dimensional timeline of the presidential families. john f. kennedy jr.'s baby pen. even a burnt wooden post from 1814 when the british set fire to the white house which arrington found at work during the truman reconstruction. >> we found the table in the tar pen ter shop. >> reporter: he also helped with the kennedy renovations and...
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the biggest gain in the single year since the truman administration. as for the price at the pump, republicans keep comparing gas prices now with the cost right after petroleum and everything else in the u.s. economy took a crash dive in 2008. but in real numbers the average price is about the same as four years ago. we're having a massive surge in oil production and mitt romney thomas jefferson said that a successful democracy depended on an informed electorate. our country's future depends on you. to help you make informed decisions, watch current tv's politically direct lineup. only on current tv. take the time to learn about the issues. don't just vote, vote smart. >> eliot: republican india indiana senate candidate michigan said even when life begins this a horrible situation of rape, it is something that god intended to happen, and re reignited the war on women two weeks before election day dragging mitt romney rights back into the line of fire. let's go to the host of "the war room," governor jennifer granholm, is this crazy continuing to be cra
the biggest gain in the single year since the truman administration. as for the price at the pump, republicans keep comparing gas prices now with the cost right after petroleum and everything else in the u.s. economy took a crash dive in 2008. but in real numbers the average price is about the same as four years ago. we're having a massive surge in oil production and mitt romney thomas jefferson said that a successful democracy depended on an informed electorate. our country's future depends on...
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foreign policy exposed ari ratner senior fellow with the truman project truman national security project and joining us from our new york studios is you like clifton a reporter with american independent news network thank you all for joining us tonight on let me let me start out on libya for ari congressman peter king today. obama may have doctored the libyan documents this as the republican party totally jumped the shark well i think it's frankly an insulting insinuation i worked at the state department on our policy in libya and on our policy in the arab spring in general and no one is doctoring reports this is a very difficult situation very difficult situation for america and for libya. and that this is being doctor for political purposes it's actually kind of funny considering that's the republican side that's been doctoring it for political purposes it's also not the republican tradition ronald reagan did not speak during the entire presidential campaign when he was running against jimmy carter about the iranian hostage situation except to support the president and now wants did he
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mantle of leadership will focus on a vision of peace through strength as in the tradition of harry truman and ronald regan. in prepared remarks released to the media the republican candidate is expected to address missteps in libya and talking about the deadly attack on bengha benghazi. he will say as president he would partner with other nations to help arm the rebels who are fighting assad's government. >>> on our relationship with egypt, romney will make the argument that u.s. aid should be tied to the egyptians upholding their peace treaty with israel. with growing tension over iran's nuclear program, mitt romney says he will not hesitate to put forces in the eastern mediterranean and the gulf region. the obama campaign is downplaying the speech describing romney over the weekend as, quote, an unmitigated disaster on foreign policy and the only person who has offended europe more is probably chevy chase. >>> get ready. mitt romney is continuing to gain ground on the president following last week's debate. a new gallup daily tracking pole shows the president leading the nation 49-46%.
mantle of leadership will focus on a vision of peace through strength as in the tradition of harry truman and ronald regan. in prepared remarks released to the media the republican candidate is expected to address missteps in libya and talking about the deadly attack on bengha benghazi. he will say as president he would partner with other nations to help arm the rebels who are fighting assad's government. >>> on our relationship with egypt, romney will make the argument that u.s. aid...
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the question is -- why did harry truman do this? another reason, harry truman was a huge reader. he was the last president not to have graduated college. think about it, president's not read during college? sort of unthinkable, today. no matter who wins this election, every president dating back to the post-1980 election will have had a degree from either harvard, yale, or in the case of george w. bush, both -- and you would not have guessed him on that, right? but back then that was not the case. harry truman, as i said, was a huge reader. he started as a child, his parents strongly encouraged his reading. insisted on it. at one point his father talked about how he saved a whole bunch of money to buy a set of mark twain's books. he also read the bible over and over again, getting his vision and conception of the jewish people from his frequent reading of the bible. there was another book that frequently influenced him, great men and famous women. it was this book about rate figures in history. one of the people featured in this book was cyrus the great, the persian king that all
the question is -- why did harry truman do this? another reason, harry truman was a huge reader. he was the last president not to have graduated college. think about it, president's not read during college? sort of unthinkable, today. no matter who wins this election, every president dating back to the post-1980 election will have had a degree from either harvard, yale, or in the case of george w. bush, both -- and you would not have guessed him on that, right? but back then that was not the...
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we are showing a picture -- live shot i should say of truman going nap pi time. >> we got truman about a week or so ago. >> he opened his eyes like talking about me. >> he is a senior. he is about 10 years old, a hound great dane mix. basically not wanted by his family. we don't know the story. they brought him to the shelter. they didn't want him any more. we found him and we are taking care of him until he finds a new home. >> with the senior pups, there are health things that come along with ownership. as far as you know, can you isolate anything that a new owner may have to look out for as far as health or temperment issues. >> usually rescue has information about the dog, basic health screening is done ahead of time. you will find out if they have lyme disease, heart worm. they are common in shelter animals but easily treatable. >> we know senior dogs -- i'm a dog owner. i don't know about cats. i have to assume the same thing. sweet, wonderful, easy going for the most part and can add a lot of love in your home. >> yeah, you don't have to worry about the puppy years chewing furni
we are showing a picture -- live shot i should say of truman going nap pi time. >> we got truman about a week or so ago. >> he opened his eyes like talking about me. >> he is a senior. he is about 10 years old, a hound great dane mix. basically not wanted by his family. we don't know the story. they brought him to the shelter. they didn't want him any more. we found him and we are taking care of him until he finds a new home. >> with the senior pups, there are health...
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law was put into place in one thousand nine hundred seven by republicans in congress president harry truman vetoed this very anti worker legislation but the republicans overrode his veto and we've been stuck with it right up to this day. right to work for less states workers can opt out to unions and stop paying union dues but continue to collect all the benefits of their union like better wages and safer working conditions that can basically become freeloaders what this does and many do what this does is a starves the unions of revenue of do it fractures the organized labor movement and it ultimately helps the big corporate bosses who want to bust up the unions and they do in fact the proof is in the numbers as a result the average worker in a right to work for less state makes about five thousand dollars a year less than his or her counterpart in the other states in the union also twenty one percent more workers in the right to work for less states lack employee employer provided health insurance and workplace injuries and deaths in right to work for less states fifty one percent higher c
law was put into place in one thousand nine hundred seven by republicans in congress president harry truman vetoed this very anti worker legislation but the republicans overrode his veto and we've been stuck with it right up to this day. right to work for less states workers can opt out to unions and stop paying union dues but continue to collect all the benefits of their union like better wages and safer working conditions that can basically become freeloaders what this does and many do what...
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hillary saying "the buck stops with me," basically i'm presidents, stealing that from harry truman. he's saying he's about to crime. why do i think the clintons are angry? they're angry at the president for blaming his wife, just like the intelligence community's mad they're being blamed. >> that may be true. he also -- i mean, he's basically telling whatever knows to be true. the president cannot run on his record. this is why he's in such a horrible situation. he can't run on his record, but as les es he have? can only tear down mitt romney. worked for two months when he had freerunning room, negative ads to portray mitt romney as a monster. then mitt romney got up in front of 70 million people, people saw he's totally capable and responsible guy, and all those ads went away and mitt's been rising since. >> sean: karl rove said there's never been at this point in the race somebody above 50%. this is two days in a row, gallup poll, national poll, and lost an election. >> yeah. we also have a lot -- we have a man who's the first biracial african american who's ever been presidents.
hillary saying "the buck stops with me," basically i'm presidents, stealing that from harry truman. he's saying he's about to crime. why do i think the clintons are angry? they're angry at the president for blaming his wife, just like the intelligence community's mad they're being blamed. >> that may be true. he also -- i mean, he's basically telling whatever knows to be true. the president cannot run on his record. this is why he's in such a horrible situation. he can't run on...
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trying to -- harry truman and reagan. this speech is almost dedicated to george marshall. we're here at the hall of valor. it is in the battleground state of virginia that's so critical right now. there will be some familiar themes that we expect to hear from mitt romney in the speech. he'll be speaking about the need to avert defense cuts. that affects tens of thousands of people potentially here in virginia. he'll focus on the need to reinvest in the military and also to strengthen our relationships with allies overseas. as you noted, there's not a great difference in terms of the actual policies as best we've understood them. one point he will make is on syria. his public position is a little more activist. he'll say among other things, in syria, i will work with our partners to identify those members of the opposition who share our values and assure they attain the arms they need to defeat assad's tanks, helicopters and fighter jets. >> hey, peter, you were with him all weekend and we did see a decision by the romney campaign to include in the governor's stump more per
trying to -- harry truman and reagan. this speech is almost dedicated to george marshall. we're here at the hall of valor. it is in the battleground state of virginia that's so critical right now. there will be some familiar themes that we expect to hear from mitt romney in the speech. he'll be speaking about the need to avert defense cuts. that affects tens of thousands of people potentially here in virginia. he'll focus on the need to reinvest in the military and also to strengthen our...
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the buck stops -- harry truman said the buck stops the at white house. >>neil: she said, look, we get the state department first, the brief us, and a former he of staff, you were on with briefings with george bush sr. and you know what is involved. some would come up in the briefings, right? >>guest: look, notice today a letter from senator graham on june 6 this was a breach of the wall by an i.e.d. that put a huge hole around the compound. that would most certainly have been in the briefings to the president. >>neil: is the secretary of state in on that briefing? >>guest: no. >>neil: who is in on it? >>guest: usuallies president, the vice president, the chief of staff and the national security advisor. 10 or 12 pains of summary and half an hour discussion between the participants that were there and the c.i.a. briefer and sometimes he bring as couple of specialists to brief on that stuff. it is the questioning back and forth in which the details that the president really needs to know to get a sense as to what is happening around the world. >>neil: ther
the buck stops -- harry truman said the buck stops the at white house. >>neil: she said, look, we get the state department first, the brief us, and a former he of staff, you were on with briefings with george bush sr. and you know what is involved. some would come up in the briefings, right? >>guest: look, notice today a letter from senator graham on june 6 this was a breach of the wall by an i.e.d. that put a huge hole around the compound. that would most certainly have been in the...
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go at him like harry truman, like a son of a "b." whatever. can he choose between those three or keep dividing up his time, money and attention between all three approaches? >> that's a profound, fact cal question, chris. i'm tempted to say he has to do all three, but if i had to pick one, i would at this point pick the upbeat message. as i understand it, the loose change out there, the undecided voters, in places like colorado and ohio and virginia and so on, are women. suburban women, working women. i think they want more of a positive message. they want a unifying message. they want optimism and strength. if the president can embody optimism and strength the way he did four years ago, i think that's his best way to go. let others carry the attack. let bill clinton -- give bill clinton the job of trying to dismantle mitt romney. let other people do that. and you, barack obama, try to be the guy that you were four years ago, updated, wiser, stronger, more sophisticated than you were. >> i think the best way we agree the best way for him to st
go at him like harry truman, like a son of a "b." whatever. can he choose between those three or keep dividing up his time, money and attention between all three approaches? >> that's a profound, fact cal question, chris. i'm tempted to say he has to do all three, but if i had to pick one, i would at this point pick the upbeat message. as i understand it, the loose change out there, the undecided voters, in places like colorado and ohio and virginia and so on, are women....
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. >> the buck stops here is of course truman's sign on his desk. >> i'm in charge at the state department. she may not realize she lost the election. there are two bucks. obviously hillary is responsible for the lapses of security, but equally obviously obama is responsible for the cover-up. i have another question for mrs. hillary rodham clinton. our u.n. delegate, jerry kramer -- kramer just announced two days ago that's u.n. is about to impose a tax on the internet and regulate it, and gift u.n. the power to assign e-names and ip addresses, and give every country the power to census orb the internet. i talk about this in the book "black helicopters." this is coming to pals. and hillary clinton's delegate at the united nations is participating in it, not objecting to it, standing there and letting it happen. to me that's the buck that should stop there. take this marvelous internet and put it in the hands of the chinese and russian -- >> sean: there's a lot of areas where they'll tax us. in other words, this will be a worldwide tax on top of taxes we already pay. it's in the book "here
. >> the buck stops here is of course truman's sign on his desk. >> i'm in charge at the state department. she may not realize she lost the election. there are two bucks. obviously hillary is responsible for the lapses of security, but equally obviously obama is responsible for the cover-up. i have another question for mrs. hillary rodham clinton. our u.n. delegate, jerry kramer -- kramer just announced two days ago that's u.n. is about to impose a tax on the internet and regulate...
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all our great presidents going back to truman with the marshall plan and kennedy and the missile crisis. and reagan recognizing, it's all opportunists. and saw something new in a new opportunity there. whether it was opening up trade in western europe after the war or whatever. you have to know history to see the opportunities. this guy has no evidence of any history in his brain. he doesn't understand why the iranians hate us. he's never gone back. you go to a movie theater and you learn it with "argo." why they hate us. i don't think romney wants to know why. i think he has this sort of mechanical reaction that's based upon mimicry. i think we have a problem with him in terms of the knee owe kinds. look how they took over w. and dan quayle. they take over people who don't have it. they give them an ideology. but there's no brain there. they kept the tree up. they know how to use people of thin wit. i look at dan seno. the other day. they said the president, the candidate romney didn't have the talking points. where did they come from? they didn't come from him. they came from one of t
all our great presidents going back to truman with the marshall plan and kennedy and the missile crisis. and reagan recognizing, it's all opportunists. and saw something new in a new opportunity there. whether it was opening up trade in western europe after the war or whatever. you have to know history to see the opportunities. this guy has no evidence of any history in his brain. he doesn't understand why the iranians hate us. he's never gone back. you go to a movie theater and you learn it...
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truman was in office. the dow, i looked it up, was at 180 at that time. >> i was 18 years old. >> you were 18 when you started your career on wall street. different times back then. >> no, pretty much the same. >> nothing has changed? >> no, it's pretty much the same. people are people. i like to think i'm a people person. >> and there were no computers back then, were there? >> no, no. computers -- there's a place for them, but sometimes not as much as we think there should be. >> we should point out, jimmy for years was the specialist for berkshire hathaway. if you've ever traded shares of warren buffett's favorite stock, this is the guy you were buying or selling from. it's a question you've been asked so many times. a memorable day for you either on the floor here, and today doesn't count. >> a memorable day would be the day that president kennedy was assassina assassinated. that had to be beyond any other experience i've ever had. >> what an amazing run. >> jimmy, an old friend of yours maria, she cou
truman was in office. the dow, i looked it up, was at 180 at that time. >> i was 18 years old. >> you were 18 when you started your career on wall street. different times back then. >> no, pretty much the same. >> nothing has changed? >> no, it's pretty much the same. people are people. i like to think i'm a people person. >> and there were no computers back then, were there? >> no, no. computers -- there's a place for them, but sometimes not as much as...
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first of all, the buck stops with the president, that was harry truman's line, and she lost the nomination. she's not president. >> greta: meaning president obama should be giving that line? >> it is the president's line. secondly, you have to admire the clintons. bill and hillary clinton have done newedone more than to helpt barack obama than barack obama has. the turning point in this election was bill clinton's speech. >> greta: why is he doing that? if you go back to '08 it was a rather nasty contest between them. clinton felt he was being called a ever racist. >> falls bill clinton is the best political performer of ouring generation. something clicks in and takes over when he gets on the field, like a great quarterback, like watching robert griffin iii regional for 7runfor a touchdowt until redskins history, in fact nfl history. when bill clinton gets on the stage, he is just remarkable. >> greta: what about hill his w, though? will. >> she's a team player. she's been with obama for four years. she's going to take a bullet for the team. what is disgraceful is the degree to which the
first of all, the buck stops with the president, that was harry truman's line, and she lost the nomination. she's not president. >> greta: meaning president obama should be giving that line? >> it is the president's line. secondly, you have to admire the clintons. bill and hillary clinton have done newedone more than to helpt barack obama than barack obama has. the turning point in this election was bill clinton's speech. >> greta: why is he doing that? if you go back to '08...
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that aura that president obama has not been forceful and has not been in the tradition of kennedy and truman and eisenhower peace through strength, but in terms of actual specifics as tom fitzgerald pointed out, the only really difference was arming the syrian dissidents rebels, but he didn't say who was going to arm them. >> so many questions we have that could stay on romney and obama, but let's turn quickly to local politics. there was a debate tonight between democrat tim kaine and republican george allen. who do you think won? >> i think kaine did just because allen didn't answer some questions about privatizing social security, didn't answer whether he was for the dream act and also painted allen with one statement repeated over and over again that allen said in the senate that i want to ram their soft teeth down their whiney throats. that isn't the bipartisan patina that you want and i think they both have 100% name recognition. this is really very gentile, but at the same time i think kaine scored more points in this particular debate. >> 29 days to go, the rhetoric amped up. we know
that aura that president obama has not been forceful and has not been in the tradition of kennedy and truman and eisenhower peace through strength, but in terms of actual specifics as tom fitzgerald pointed out, the only really difference was arming the syrian dissidents rebels, but he didn't say who was going to arm them. >> so many questions we have that could stay on romney and obama, but let's turn quickly to local politics. there was a debate tonight between democrat tim kaine and...
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i think it's harry truman, do nothing congress of '48. you could have run across this republican congress. the approval rating is 47% for these guys. >> they said they wouldn't and then they haven't done it. >> up next, steve kornacki's tribute to george mcgovern. for the younger guy, steve will explain why you should know this guy. [ male announcer ] this is sheldon, whose long dy setting up the news starts with arthritis pain and a choice. take tylenol or take aleve, the #1 recommended pain reliever by orthopedic doctors. just two aleve can keep pain away all day. back to the news. fire bad! just have to fire roast these tomatoes. this is going to give you a head start on your dinner. that seems easier [ female announcer ] new progresso recipe starters. five delicious cooking sauces you combine with fresh ingredients to make amazing home-cooked meals. [ male announcer ] you start your day... love you, too. ...thinking about what's important to you -- your family... ...the mortgage... the kids' college tuition. [ cellphone ringing ] but
i think it's harry truman, do nothing congress of '48. you could have run across this republican congress. the approval rating is 47% for these guys. >> they said they wouldn't and then they haven't done it. >> up next, steve kornacki's tribute to george mcgovern. for the younger guy, steve will explain why you should know this guy. [ male announcer ] this is sheldon, whose long dy setting up the news starts with arthritis pain and a choice. take tylenol or take aleve, the #1...
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we listened to yesterday, ashley, romney's senior foreign policy advisers were looking to jfk, harry truman, even bill clinton in his second term as presidents that they are looking at in terms of shaping a potential doctrine in the future. last week a lot of people you heard a lot of pundits on the right and left saying maybe mitt romney is moving to the middle on domestic policy issues, perhaps we'll see a little bit of that today in the foreign policy realm. >> stand by if you will. thank you for that as the crowd begins to build hint you and all eyes on romney's speech this morning and the president for his part couldn't be farther aw away. he is out west. he might be speaking to some. he is drumming up money from a-listers and wig money doen ars. brie on akeilar is live with us and looking to at $10 million to the $181 million he raised last month. what is the plan of attack? >> he needs the money. i will tell you, ashley, tomorrow he is going to ohio which is a key battleground state where he is doing better in the optimpolls than mitt rom. the other thing he is doing is dedicating a
we listened to yesterday, ashley, romney's senior foreign policy advisers were looking to jfk, harry truman, even bill clinton in his second term as presidents that they are looking at in terms of shaping a potential doctrine in the future. last week a lot of people you heard a lot of pundits on the right and left saying maybe mitt romney is moving to the middle on domestic policy issues, perhaps we'll see a little bit of that today in the foreign policy realm. >> stand by if you will....
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fdr, truman and eisenhower experimented with it but why he decided in the summer of 1962 to ramp it up is unclear to us. i think the most logical explanati explanation he was getting to write a memoir and taping the conversation would help. he had been getting faulty advice for his military advisers and might have been doing it for political reasons also. >> i was asking you whether it was legal at the time to be doing such a thing without the knowledge of the folks being recorded? >> i'm sure he knew earlier presidents had done it. i don't think he was violating precedent. it's an interesting question. i'm not a lawyer. if you're taping someone someone for your private use it's a different question than if it's going to get out there to a lot of people. >> if it was, in fact, for a memoir, eric, it's amazing kennedy had a sense of his place in history even then, without even a second term he knew this was something that folks would want archives of. >> he absolutely did. he was a published historian, more than most presidents. he had written a lot before he became president. he won a
fdr, truman and eisenhower experimented with it but why he decided in the summer of 1962 to ramp it up is unclear to us. i think the most logical explanati explanation he was getting to write a memoir and taping the conversation would help. he had been getting faulty advice for his military advisers and might have been doing it for political reasons also. >> i was asking you whether it was legal at the time to be doing such a thing without the knowledge of the folks being recorded?...
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policy, regardless of who the president is, since the truman administration, that the united states will stick up for israel and ensure its security in a dangerous neighborhood. the distance that governor romney is going to try to play up is the idea that benjamin netanyahu's government deserves the unqualified backing on domestic israeli policy as well this its policies toward the palestinians. it is correct in the sense that the obama administration has been highly critical of the settlements, but let's keep in mind that george w. bush's father, president george h. w. bush had very much the same differences, and went a step further in criticism. host: virginia. murdoch. independence caller -- independent caller. caller: there is hundreds of years of history of this in the middle east. the british and other european nations at one. divided it up and kind of controlled it through occupation. the american policy has always been to support israel, but we do not look as -- at each individual nation as having their own sovereignty, and we do not always support the leaders. the palestinian st
policy, regardless of who the president is, since the truman administration, that the united states will stick up for israel and ensure its security in a dangerous neighborhood. the distance that governor romney is going to try to play up is the idea that benjamin netanyahu's government deserves the unqualified backing on domestic israeli policy as well this its policies toward the palestinians. it is correct in the sense that the obama administration has been highly critical of the...
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mainstream press and here is obama playing it differently perhaps the we try harder approach, the harry truman approach might win for him. let's watch this ad. >> 537, the number of votes that changed the course of american history. >> florida is too close to call. >> the difference between what was and what could have been. so this year, if you're thinking that your vote doesn't count, that it won't matter, well, back then there were probably at least 537 people who felt the same way. make your voice heard. vote. >> that's my religion, that's what i really believe, every vote counts. i believe it. i tell my kids this. and it usually comes down to a choice between two candidates. you play games voting for the third party candidate. it's two people. >> this is about mobilizing people. in my neighborhood n my community i know people who are doing less and less excited than they were four years ago, not door knocking, not going to swing states the way they did four years ago, that has to have somewhat of an impact. they want to squeeze every vote they can out of their natural constituency. it's n
mainstream press and here is obama playing it differently perhaps the we try harder approach, the harry truman approach might win for him. let's watch this ad. >> 537, the number of votes that changed the course of american history. >> florida is too close to call. >> the difference between what was and what could have been. so this year, if you're thinking that your vote doesn't count, that it won't matter, well, back then there were probably at least 537 people who felt the...
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kennedy, harry truman and even bill clinton. they also threw ronald reagan in there. but it was interesting to note the foreign policy team for mitt romney talking about democratic presidents after that debate performance last week when a lot of pundits on the right and the left were sensing that mitt romney was moving to the middle on domestic policy. we might hear some of that on foreign policy later on today, soledad. >> interesting point. jim acosta for us this morning, thank you, jim. >>> a recent poll shows president obama has a seven percentage point lead over mitt romney when it comes to who would handle foreign policy better. let's get to richard williamson, former ambassador to the united nations for special political affairs. mitt romney's senior foreign policy adviser. nice to see you, sir. thank you for talking with us. let's focus on some -- actually what jim acosta just said. let's talk about that first. as you heard there was a phone call with some of the foreign policy advisers. and when they listed sort of the foreign policy that maybe mitt romney wo
kennedy, harry truman and even bill clinton. they also threw ronald reagan in there. but it was interesting to note the foreign policy team for mitt romney talking about democratic presidents after that debate performance last week when a lot of pundits on the right and the left were sensing that mitt romney was moving to the middle on domestic policy. we might hear some of that on foreign policy later on today, soledad. >> interesting point. jim acosta for us this morning, thank you,...
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i'm reminded of harry truman's expression. when someone yelled out to him he said i'm just going to tell them the truth, they're going to think it is hell. >> bill: joe biden is a little bit like harry truman in terms of his style. things we heard about harry truman. >> he is an every man. he is a guy that i want to like. >> bill: he's a good campaigner. >> he really is. >> bill: full of fire out there. you know, you're going to want to talk about this debate at 1-866-55-press. we'll get right into it. the high points, the low points. president obama's effective needling of mitt romney. bayonets and horses. but first -- dan's got the "full court press." >> on this tuesday other headlines making news, a big honor for ellen degeneres here in washington last night. comedienne was honored with the mark twain prize for american humor. stars giving tribute included jane lynch jimmy kimmel, john kraz krasinski among others. it will air on pbs next week. recent twain winners include will ferrell, tina fey and bill cosby. she's in good
i'm reminded of harry truman's expression. when someone yelled out to him he said i'm just going to tell them the truth, they're going to think it is hell. >> bill: joe biden is a little bit like harry truman in terms of his style. things we heard about harry truman. >> he is an every man. he is a guy that i want to like. >> bill: he's a good campaigner. >> he really is. >> bill: full of fire out there. you know, you're going to want to talk about this debate at...